The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that revoking the existing countervailing duty orders on imports of carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from China and South Korea and the existing antidumping duty orders on imports of carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, and Turkey would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. 

As a result of the Commission’s affirmative determinations, the existing orders on imports of this product from Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, and Turkey will remain in place. 

Chairman David S. Johanson and Commissioners Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, Jason E. Kearns, Randolph J. Stayin, and Amy A. Karpel voted in the affirmative for the reviews involving Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, and Turkey. 

The Commission further determined that revocation of the existing antidumping duty order on imports of carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from Brazil would not be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.

As a result of the Commission’s negative determination, the existing antidumping duty order on imports of this product from Brazil will be revoked.

Chairman Johanson and Commissioners Kearns and Karpel voted in the negative for the review involving Brazil. Commissioners Schmidtlein and Stayin voted in the affirmative for the review involving Brazil.

Today’s action comes under the five-year (sunset) review process required by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. See the attached page for background on these five-year (sunset) reviews.

The Commission’s public report Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, and Turkey (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-560-561 and 731-TA-1317-1328 (Review), USITC Publication 5399, January 2023) will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the reviews.

The report will be available by February 14, 2023; when available, it may be accessed on the USITC website at: https://www.usitc.gov/commission_publications_library.

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